People are often uncomfortable recognising how their backgrounds have helped them in their own lives.
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In Elizabeth Gilbert’s shocking new confessional memoir, she falls in love with her dying best friend, enables her addiction – and once again blows up her own life.
So-called ‘high agency’ people are more able to do what they want – but research shows our sense of control depends on a lot of factors beyond individual choices.
What happens when people form romantic relationships across class? Eve Vincent and Rose Butler interviewed 38 people to find out. Their candid answers are revealing.
Cate Blanchett’s claim to be ‘middle class’ isn’t unique among the wealthy, or even the 1% she’s part of. Downplaying privilege among elites contributes to the problem of wealth inequality.
Relationship anarchists argue that we should relate to one another as equals and accept that intimacy can take many forms.
While Canadians are supportive of 2SLGBTQ+ communities, relatively few see themselves as active allies. Here are five steps people can take to be better allies.
Composer Nicholas Britell festoons earnest Romantic music with sounds that gleefully desecrate it, underscoring the show’s emotional core: a lust for power joined by immense self-loathing.
Why are we so utterly in thrall to upper-crust tales of privilege, riches and scandal? Because it’s a great story of wealth, heritage and survival in the modern world.
Diversity terms often involve decades of scholarship being reduced to a single word. Understanding them – and knowing how to explain them – is crucial.
We have interviewed more than 80 young people since the start of the pandemic, in an effort to better understand the concerns of many disengaged, marginalised and disadvantaged young people.
Generic names can take on a linguistic life of their own, becoming powerful forms of social commentary.
For migrants, prejudice can be a life and death matter. Research in India and South Africa shows life is considerably harder if migrants have a darker skin and come from a poorer country.
An expert explains the many reasons why people behave in an unethical manner and what research shows on why the wealthy have a need to maintain their higher status.
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Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University
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Research Associate, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer in Social Sciences, London South Bank University
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Assistant Professor of Music, University of California, Berkeley
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Professor of Linguistics, English Language and Literatures and Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan
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Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, University of Stirling
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Associate Professor, Anthropology, Macquarie University
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Lecturer in Applied Ethics, University of Leeds
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Professor of Education, Deakin University
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Lecturer (Applied Learning), Deakin University
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Lecturer in Education, RMIT University
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Youth Poll Lecturer, John Smith Centre, University of Glasgow
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Health and Community Studies, MacEwan University
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Lecturer in Social Sciences, London South Bank University
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Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne